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"I am very appreciative of Eddie and I applaud his actions." Bill Cosby applauds fellow comic Eddie Murphy for refusing to portray the embattled stand-up comedian in a sketch during the Saturday Night Live 40th anniversary special on Sunday (15Feb15). The Beverly Hills Cop actor returned to the U.S. comedy series after more than 30 years for the special, but did not take part in any of the sketches and simply gave a brief speech. Former SNL cast member and writer Norm Macdonald has since revealed he tried to convince Murphy to play Cosby during the Celebrity Jeopardy segment, but Murphy turned it down as he did not want to poke fun at the star, who has faced a long line of sex abuse allegations in recent months.

British actor Eddie Redmayne is desperate to land a role in a superhero movie because he is "an absolute geek" at heart.
The Theory of Everything star won the coveted Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama award at the Golden Globes prizegiving on Sunday (11Jan15) for his role as physicist Stephen Hawking in the biopic, and he is hotly-tipped to land an Oscar nod when the nominations are announced on Thursday (15Jan15). However, Redmayne admits he is hoping to swap drama for action in the future as he wants to make a move to comic book blockbusters.
Redmayne tells Britain's The Sun newspaper, "I am an absolute geek. I have auditioned for many of those roles. I love the films. You know how in summer, when studios compete for people to see their summer blockbusters, I am their dream. I see all of them. I would never rule out the opportunity to be in one. "I'm not sure people look at me and think 'hero', so I'll have to work on that. I never go near treadmills or weights. I am not (X-Men star) Hugh Jackman clearly."

It's December, so many lists and awards are coming out to celebrate the best of the best in entertainment for 2014. TIME just released their list of the top 15 most influential fictional characters of this year and some of them may surprise you. Although they give the reason behind each pick, we thought we would give you how we were influenced because they aren't always the same.
15. Hello Kitty
How she influenced others: The cartoon character went viral for being outted as not a cat, but human girl who lives in London with her family. Wuhhhhh?
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How she influenced us: We still buy Hello Kitty everything!
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14. Tracy McConnell on How I Met Your Mother
How she influenced others: Fans went crazy for finally finding out who this mysterious character is. There were headlines everywhere covering the last season and a lot of discussion about the ending.
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How she influenced us: WARNING, SPOILER! She proved to us just how messed up TV can be because this whole time we watch to find this big love story and it ends with her just being a vessel for Ted (Josh Radnor) to have his kids (because we all know Robin (Cobie Smuders) wouldn't do that). Then she conveniently dies so Robin, who is now the aunt of their kids, can step back in his love life. Gross!
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13. Amy Dune from Gone Girl
How she influenced others: This complicated character made waves by creating a discussion about dark, female characters.
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How she influenced us: We didn't read the book, so our minds EXPLODED leaving the theater.
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12. Mr. Poo
How he influenced others: Public deification is a big problem in India so Mr. Poo was created to nip that problem in the bud. Thanks to him, one million people pledged to find a toilet to poo.
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How he influenced us: THIS IS US NEVER HEARING ABOUT THIS BEFORE!
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11. Rust Cohle from True Detective
How he influenced others: After the detective mentioned the book, The King in Yellow, people began buying it like crazy on Amazon.
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How he influenced us: We're guilty, we got the book, and it was the first time in a long time that we've read.
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10. Female Thor
How she influenced others: When Marvel released the news that Thor was being relaunched as a woman it made huge rounds on the internet and started many discussions about women in the comic book world.
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How she influenced us: We couldn't wait. We already needed to cosplay as her!
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9. Annalise from How To Get Away With Murder
How she influenced others: A New York Times TV critic deduced Shonda Rhimes' new character as an "angry black woman." Shonda Rhimes responded to the disgusting accusation.
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How she influenced us: She had us glued to the television every week trying to dissect her great big plan.
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8. Hatsune Miku, a computer-generated Japanese singer
How she influenced others: The computer sensation made it to America thanks to performing at Madison Square Garden on Lady Gaga's tour and then performing on The Late Show With David Letterman.
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How she influenced us: We broke our necks so hard looking at Hatsune perform for the first time. What is HAPPENING?!
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7. Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games franchise.
How she influenced others: She isn't just hot girl kicking butt to some people. In Thailand and Hong Kong this fictional character actually inspired pro-democracy protestors to stand up for their own rights in their countries. Very awesome!
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How she influenced us: So wait...Katniss doesn't fight in Mockingjay? And is a politician now?
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6. Maura Pfefferman from Transparent
How she influenced others: Maura has made headlines for being the first transgender character lead to a TV show.
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How she influenced us: We cheered because we love seeing progress in entertainment!
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5. King Joffrey from Game of Thrones
How he influenced others: TIME gives credit to this character as the reason the hit show has made it to 18.4 million viewers each week. We buy it.
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How he influenced us: When Joffrey finally gets what coming to him, we couldn't help but dance.
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4. Stephen Colbert from The Colbert Report
How he influenced others: The satire host stepped on a few toes making a joke about the Washington Redskins leading to a lot of backlash on Twitter. He also made the huge announcement that he's leaving his show to take over The Late Show.
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How he influenced us: Our eyes might have fogged up at the thought of losing Colbert Report.
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3. Star-Lord from Guardians of The Galaxy
How he influenced others: Not only was the movie a big hit, but so was the soundtrack, which made it to the top of Billboard 200.
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How he influenced us: We admittedly became hipsters and had to get the soundtrack on tape.
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2. Kim Kardashian from Kim Kardashian Hollywood
How she influenced others: The reality star made over $200 million off of her mobile game. So basically everyone has been downloading and most likely spending real money to buy things in the game.
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How she influenced us: We might have caved in and downloaded it out of curiosity. We hate ourselves for it.
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1. Elsa from Frozen
How she influenced others: Frozen has been everywhere since it released and Elsa's hit "Let It Go" rightfully earned an Oscar. The fictional character was so good, that it was immediately on Once Upon A Time, which bumped up their ratings.
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How she influenced us: We have a new favorite karaoke jam!
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How did these 15 characters influence you this year? Tell us your answers by tweeting the Twitter handles below!
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British comic Lee Evans is to retire after his U.K. stand-up tour concludes later this month (Nov14). The There's Something About Mary star is walking away from work after more than 30 years in the entertainment industry, and admits the death of his manager Addison Cresswell last year (13) has played a part in the decision.
He broke the news in an interview on The Jonathan Ross Show, which will air in Britain on Saturday night (22Nov14).
Evans tells Ross, "I am 50. I'm frigging knackered. This is it. Finished. This is the end. I am not doing anything... All I have ever done is work and Addison always used to put his arm around me and say, 'Don't worry, I will look after you. It is OK'... (After the tour) I am going to go and see my wife, be home and say, 'I'm yours.'"

Actress Eliza Dushku is celebrating after two men accused of stealing her bag were apprehended following her appeal for help on Twitter.com on Friday (31Oct14). The Buffy the Vampire Slayer star was in Providence, Rhode Island for a comic book convention and was outside her hotel when two men dressed in Halloween costumes took her duffle bag.
Dushku implored hotel staff and the police to help but they were unable to take action against the perpetrators so Dushku enlisted her fans' help via Twitter.com by uploading a picture of her bag, describing one of the culprits and detailing their last known location inside the building.
The method worked in tracking down the suspects, and Dushku thanked her helpers on Saturday (01Nov14), writing, "Update: men found in hotel, w/my (with my) luggage, apprehended & spending wknd (weekend) in jail until... U guys helped this happen. I am VERY grateful."

She commanded attention as a strong female voice in Obvious Child and she warmed our hearts as the voice of the cutest little shell we've ever seen (her third Marcel the Shell with Shoes On video was just released), but on Twitter Jenny Slate is quite simply the voice that’s in our heads.
Chances are if you’ve thought it, she’s tweeted it. Where normal folks might filter their scattered musings on social media, Jenny lets it all out in hilarious 140-character truth bombs. Here are 20 of her scarily relatable thoughts that will make you want to claim her as your new wacky best friend, ASAP:
1. She's brutally honest about the trials of packing a suitcase.
I have a really good way to pack my suitcase which is to be crazy, pack mostly party dresses, get super bored, then throw in dirty t-shirts.
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) October 15, 2014
2. She gets real about her yoga needs. (And the typical Brooklyn yoga crowd).
What is a nice place for Yoga in Williamsburg? I want to put my butt in the air w a lot of beautiful strangers who do internet for a living
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) October 17, 2014
3. She has some warranted confusion RE: Comic Con.
ComicCon is just a fest 4 nothing&amp;everything at once? Like, it has tv, cars,vid games, movies&amp;geeks but also SO DOES THE WORLD SO WHAT IS IT
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) October 12, 2014
4. She's also completely baffled by fantasy football.
What is fantasy football WHAT IS IT WHAT IS IT WHAT THE F IS IT WHHHHAAAAAT IS ITTTTT
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) September 27, 2014
5. She's not shy about sharing her weekend plans.
Doin that classic "Sitting on the toilet in my nightgown, making tiny poops, reading a novel on a Sunday morn" thing that makes me ME, BRO!
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) October 12, 2014
6. She acknowledges a deep and abiding attachment to her phone. (How else are you going to tweet and Instagram and do all of the things?)
I wish I had a fairy godmother to whip my phone out of my hands and yell "Disengage! Put on pants!"
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) August 29, 2014
7. And she perfectly expresses (IN ALL CAPS) the sheer panic of losing said phone. The struggle is real.
I LOST MY PHONE &amp; CAN CONFIRM THAT I AM 100% NOT OK WITH IT AND FEEL THAT I HAVE LOST MY SPINE OR FACE OR SOMETHING ESSENTIAL LIKE THAT
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) September 21, 2014
8. She understands the fundamental problem with text messages.
Shout out to text messages and how they make every argument just like 100% nuclear.
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) August 27, 2014
9. She’s not afraid to recount an embarrassing story.
Ive reached pinnacle of shame: Just asked my dad"When will i be the person i know that i am"&amp;ripped a giant fart by mistake THIS IS ALL I AM
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) September 14, 2014
10. She makes a pretty sound assessment of a typical airport experience.
I'm in a onesie in the airport and I have very little idea of what is going on, and yet I'm NOT a baby.
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) August 19, 2014
11. She’s not ashamed to admit she’s not perfect.
You know what would look great w the weird skin problems I have? Jet lag, constipation &amp; just a bunch of weird other ppls issues.
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) October 3, 2014
12. She ponders the questions on everyone’s mind.
Did Michael Jackson know how to drive a car
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) September 17, 2014
13. She’s a sucker for the emotional powers of a Ryan Gosling romance flick.
Ppl must think there's a super weepy lil pig in my hotel room bc Im snorting&amp;crying w such a ferocity bc of The Notebook. IM A PIG FOR LOVE
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) October 18, 2014
14. She’s no doubt a cool aunt, but she’s also ok with not having kids. (And to be fair, a DHL van does kind of look like a school bus).
Waiting to pick niece up from school bus, thought a DHL van was the bus I AM CLEARLY CHILDLESS ITS FINE
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) September 12, 2014
15. She gets easily distracted while eating chips.
Just said HUH?!? Really loudly bc I was eating chips&amp; they were loud in my head&amp;thought somebody said something but nobody was talking to me
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) August 7, 2014
16. She’s not on board with certain technological advancements.
Congrats, dorks! U made yet another computer watch thingy that I don't even care about *FARRRRRT NOISE* AND YES THIS IS LITERALLY HOW I FEEL
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) September 10, 2014
17. She has bizarre stress dreams involving other celebrities.
Well, after repeated dreams that I missed my plane bc I was trying on rompers for Matt Damon&amp;he wasn't even paying attention, I'm up early.
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) September 26, 2014
18. She understands the addictive qualities of reality TV.
I've just discovered a show called Love &amp; Hip Hop Hollywood and it is BLOWING MY MINNNNND
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) September 27, 2014
19. She asks loaded questions.
Am I becoming weird and when will I know if I am
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) August 6, 2014
20. She realizes her mind is an intense place. If her brain is a volcano, her tweets must be the lava. We’re just thankful we get to witness the eruption!
I'd love to describe what it's like in my head but how do you speak "volcano"
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) July 30, 2014
So maybe we can’t be Jenny’s BFF in real life, but we can at least pretend we're besties on Twitter.
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William Shatner is considering a return to the Star Trek franchise after turning down director J.J. Abrams' advances to feature in the first of the filmmaker's new movies. The original Captain Kirk has confirmed Abrams, who is a producer on the third film in the updated series, has reached out to him again, and this time Shatner is interested.
Speaking at the Nashville Comic Con in Tennessee, the actor said, "He (Abrams) said, 'I'm calling, Bill, because the director of the Star Trek movie, the next one, has had an idea where you might be involved in it. So I am calling to see if you would be interested'."
Shatner told fans he would be interested if the role is "meaningful", adding he would be "delighted" to be part of Star Trek 3, which will be directed by Bob Orci.

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Josh Hutcherson has spoken out to defend his Hunger Games co-star Jennifer Lawrence after she was involved in a recent nude photo leak scandal.
Naked shots of the actress were part of a haul of celebrity nudes nabbed by an anonymous Internet hacker and offered to top media outlets. Lawrence's representative confirmed the pictures were for real and threatened legal action against the person or persons responsible for the privacy breach.
Now her Hunger Games co-star Hutcherson, who was involved in his own nude photo scandal last year (13), has offered up his thoughts about the leak, insisting "it's not fair". The actor tells ET Canada, "I haven't talked to her but I just think all that stuff is so ridiculous. We're people too, man, we just want to live, we want to be normal people, it's not fair. "It's something you obviously don't want to happen to you and it's really unfortunate that it happens... I hate the way the world sort of views those sorts of issues. It's really, truly not fair."
He adds, "We are actors, we didn't get into this because we wanted scandal. We want to live our lives and be actors... People say, 'Well you chose to be an actor, you are going to have to deal with this kind of thing...' Well no, I started (acting) when I was nine years old, she started when she was, like, 12. We didn't choose to have public scandal, we chose to become artists of acting and I love making movies; this is what I can do, this is what I am good at."

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Actress Rose Leslie has dismissed rumours she has rekindled her romance with her former Game Of Thrones co-star Kit Harington.
The stars began dating after meeting on the set of the hit fantasy TV show, while their characters were also romantically involved onscreen. The couple split in 2013, but they sparked rumours of a reunion when they were spotted arriving at Los Angeles International Airport together last month (Jul14) ahead of an appearance at San Diego's Comic-Con event.
However, Leslie has now confirmed the pair is not back together. She tells Britain's You magazine, "I'm not in a relationship at the moment. But I'm fine with that. Being single can feel empowering and independence is hugely attractive."
She adds of Harington, "We are still very close."

British actor Tom Hiddleston was so grateful to Joss Whedon for casting him as supervillain Loki in his The Avengers movie, he sent the director a touching email expressing his gratitude. Hiddleston made his debut as the comic book baddie in Kenneth Branagh's 2011 release Thor, alongside Chris Hemsworth as the titular Norse god, but his character also played a prominent part in the first The Avengers outing in 2012, and he was ecstatic when Whedon asked him to reprise the role of Loki for the collective superhero movie.
In a lengthy message he sent to Whedon, he refers to children's classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, writing, "I am so excited I can hardly speak. The first time I read it (The Avengers screenplay) I grabbed at it like Charlie Bucket snatching for a golden ticket somewhere behind the chocolate in the wrapper of a Wonka Bar."
Of his role, he continued, "It's grand and epic and majestic and poetic and lyrical and wicked and rich and bada** and might possibly be the most gloriously fun part I've ever stared down the barrel of playing. It is just so juicy...
"I might be biased, but I do feel as though you have written me the coolest part."
The flattered filmmaker responded to Hiddleston and joked, "Tom, this is one of those emails you keep forever. Thanks so much. It's more articulate (and possibly longer) than the script.
"I couldn't be more pleased at your reaction... Thank you again."
The email exchange is featured in a new book about the director, titled Joss Whedon: The Biography.